| 23. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the noun lev {לֵב | lē-ḇ} ‘heart’ in construct with khakham {חָכָם | ḥā-kām}, forming a subject phrase. The Hiphil imperfect yashkil {יַשְׂכִּיל | yaś-kîl} introduces a causative action directed toward pihu {פִּיהוּ | pî-hû} ‘his mouth’. The conjunction-preposition ve-al {וְעַל | wə-ʿal} links to sefatav {שְׂפָתָיו | sə-p̄ā-ṯāyw} ‘his lips’, and the Hiphil imperfect yosif {יֹסִיף | yō-sîp̄} with its object lekach {לֶקַח | lə-qā-ḥ} completes the parallel structure. This incremental parallelism emphasizes the flow of inner wisdom into spoken words. |